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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 2

2017-03-18 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

Did you see Chapter 1? In Chapter 2, we get to meet a sicario and cop who explains his ties

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The Border 80 Years Ago

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Art, Media Leave a comment

Here are some great pictures of the border in the late 1930s, from a story in the Washington Post. As

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The Con

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The

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The Chicano Batman Show is Going to Sell Out

2017-03-16 elrichiboy Music, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

Chicano Batman is playing the Perch at Tricky Falls on May 29, and it looks like that show will sell

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Downtown Living Tour

2017-03-16 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

The Downtown Management District is offering a tour of all the lovely places to live in DWNTWN! Here’s the money

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It’s Almost Funny

2017-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider 4 comments

Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In

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Juarez: A Comprehensive Briefing

2017-03-15 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Business Insider that provides a pretty complete review and update on the violence in Juarez. If

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Name Calling

2017-03-13 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago Mary and I went to go see Skye dance in the UTEP dance department’s show

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So Sick Fest Hits El Paso

2017-03-13 Hope Wright Art, shows, What to Do One comment

It’s March in Texas, and that can only mean one thing: South By Southwest is about to take over your

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Representative Noe is a Hypocrite

2017-03-13 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

God bless them, City Council is in over their heads and they don’t know what to do. Did you read

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Sunday Matinee: Reign of Assassanis

2017-03-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This is a first rate Chinese sword fight movie. These Chinese martial arts movies are kind of like superhero movies.

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Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary

2017-03-11 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

Remember when Sean Penn and Kate del Castillo met with Chapo Guzman? The Sinaloa Cartel wasn’t done with their publicity

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Me and Paul

2017-03-11 elrichiboy Media, Music Leave a comment

Here’s a killer story about Willie Nelson’s drummer, best friend, and bodyguard, Paul English. And it’s got an El Paso

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Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes

2017-03-10 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a

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Retrovision: Economic Development: Economics 101

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

This post originally appeared on August 27, 2015. I am republishing it in partial response to a comment made by

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Rancho El Paso

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 2 comments

Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a modern, dynamic city, but really we’re just a

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Khalid Video

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment

Y’all been hearing about this local cat who’s blowing it up. But maybe you haven’t seen or heard him yet.

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City of Dust: Dripping Springs, New Mexico

2017-03-09 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

Cool Water The hike from the Dripping Springs Natural Area visitor center to a cluster of lovely old ruins tucked

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The Cristalero War

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

They’re killing people in Juarez. On Monday they hung a banner off a bridge. The full text of the banner

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The Other Shoe Drops . . .

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 5 comments

but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the

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